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Return of the Regulator is Warren G's go-for-broke comeback attempt, one that looks good both on paper and in concept as well as in title. Warren has returned here to the basics and reunited with many of those who he initially began his career with, namely Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, and Snoop Dogg. His concerted efforts, as both a rapper/vocalist and a producer/songwriter, are clearly evident. If anything, Return of the Regulator is certainly a considered album. It begins on a high note with a radio-ready Dre production, "Lookin' at You," that finds Warren dueting with Ms. Toi. The next few songs feature collaborations with many of the West Coast's most talented hired hands: Nate Dogg, Soopafly, and Butch Cassidy. George Clinton makes an appearance on "Speed Dreamin'," and Warren reunites with his old-school homies Nate Dogg and Snoop (originally a trio known as 213) on one of the album's highlights, "Yo' Sassy Ways." Elsewhere, "Ghetto Village" interpolates Stevie Wonder's "Village Ghetto Land" quite notably. From beginning to end, you can sense Warren's sense of purpose here -- he knows a rapper's shelf life is brief, and his is running out. He gives you everything he's capable of, from a radio-ready duet to a pop-rap interpolation. Warren wanted this to be a strong comeback album. That's obvious. And that's also partly what feels so uneasy about Return of the Regulator -- you can sense the desperation as well as the calculation. The album is too self-conscious for its own good at times, and as much as he tries, Warren still struggles to rap as eloquently as his colleagues. The end sum of Return of the Regulator then isn't quite equal to its many parts. Its assembly is nonetheless still a feat, making this Warren's most labored effort to date, even if it isn't the red-carpeted return he'd like it to be.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Warren Griffin III, ComposerLyricist - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Damone Coleman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Warren Griffin III, ComposerLyricist - Mike Elizondo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Val Young, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andre R. Young, ComposerLyricist - Camara Kambon, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Sweeney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Storch, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, MainArtist - Theron "Neff-U" Feemster, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Dre, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Priest Joseph Brooks, ComposerLyricist - Darwin Collins, Author - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Latoya Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Tyree, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darrel Thorpe, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TrayBlack, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, inc.
Nathaniel Hale, Author - Rojai Trawick, Author - Warren Griffin III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nate Dogg, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darwin Collins, Author
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Warren Griffin III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soopafly, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Priest Joseph Brooks, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution
Warren Griffin III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darwin Collins, Author
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Warren Griffin III, ComposerLyricist - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution
William Calhoun, Author - Warren Griffin III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - WC, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Butch Cassidy, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Means, II, Author
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Rojai Trawick, Author - Warren Griffin III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Clinton, Author - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darwin Collins, Author
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Nathaniel Hale, Author - Warren Griffin III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nate Dogg, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Snoop Dogg, Author, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Griffin III, ComposerLyricist - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Rojai Trawick, Author - Warren Griffin III, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Edwards, Author - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damone Coleman, Author, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mr. Grimm, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Warren Griffin III, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric White, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Warren G, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distribued by Universal Music & Video Distribution, INc.
Warren Griffin III, Drums, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Edwards, Author - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Means, II, Author - Darwin Collins, Author
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Warren Griffin III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric White, Author - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joseph Salter, Author - Douglas Woods, Author
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribtuion, Inc.
Rojai Trawick, ComposerLyricist - Warren Griffin III, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Long, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warren G, Producer, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darwin Collins, ComposerLyricist - Rajai Trawick, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution. Inc.
Warren Griffin III, ComposerLyricist - Craig Brockman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Gouché, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren G, Producer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - EL DEBARGE, Author, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Travali, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Royal Rosheam Harbor, Author
℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Album review
Return of the Regulator is Warren G's go-for-broke comeback attempt, one that looks good both on paper and in concept as well as in title. Warren has returned here to the basics and reunited with many of those who he initially began his career with, namely Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, and Snoop Dogg. His concerted efforts, as both a rapper/vocalist and a producer/songwriter, are clearly evident. If anything, Return of the Regulator is certainly a considered album. It begins on a high note with a radio-ready Dre production, "Lookin' at You," that finds Warren dueting with Ms. Toi. The next few songs feature collaborations with many of the West Coast's most talented hired hands: Nate Dogg, Soopafly, and Butch Cassidy. George Clinton makes an appearance on "Speed Dreamin'," and Warren reunites with his old-school homies Nate Dogg and Snoop (originally a trio known as 213) on one of the album's highlights, "Yo' Sassy Ways." Elsewhere, "Ghetto Village" interpolates Stevie Wonder's "Village Ghetto Land" quite notably. From beginning to end, you can sense Warren's sense of purpose here -- he knows a rapper's shelf life is brief, and his is running out. He gives you everything he's capable of, from a radio-ready duet to a pop-rap interpolation. Warren wanted this to be a strong comeback album. That's obvious. And that's also partly what feels so uneasy about Return of the Regulator -- you can sense the desperation as well as the calculation. The album is too self-conscious for its own good at times, and as much as he tries, Warren still struggles to rap as eloquently as his colleagues. The end sum of Return of the Regulator then isn't quite equal to its many parts. Its assembly is nonetheless still a feat, making this Warren's most labored effort to date, even if it isn't the red-carpeted return he'd like it to be.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:20
- Main artists: Warren G
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal (MT)
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2001 Universal Records Inc. ℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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